SD-WAN Job Trends in the North of England

Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SD-WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 228 273
Rank change year-on-year -53 +45 +62
Permanent jobs citing SD-WAN 41 35 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.24% 0.51% 0.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 3.08% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 39 26 86
10th Percentile £25,875 £40,500 £46,875
25th Percentile £26,688 £41,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -22.41% +61.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £84,919
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +18.18% +0.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

SD-WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,772 1,137 2,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.95% 16.62% 12.26%
Number of salaries quoted 799 656 1,660
10th Percentile £25,800 £25,087 £25,875
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,188 £60,313 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

SD-WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SD-WAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

SD-WAN job vacancy trend in the North of England

SD-WAN
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SD-WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SD-WAN

SD-WAN
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SD-WAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for SD-WAN in the North of England

SD-WAN
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SD-WAN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -11 28 £43,000 -18.87% 6
Yorkshire -71 12 £60,000 -14.29% 4
North East -32 1 £65,000 +58.54% 2
SD-WAN
England

SD-WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (41.46%) Azure
2 13 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (24.39%) Google Workspace
4 3 (7.32%) AWS
4 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.32%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (4.88%) Mimecast
6 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 40 (97.56%) WAN
2 26 (63.41%) LAN
3 25 (60.98%) Firewall
4 17 (41.46%) VPN
5 13 (31.71%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (26.83%) DHCP
6 11 (26.83%) DNS
7 8 (19.51%) BGP
7 8 (19.51%) MPLS
7 8 (19.51%) Network Security
7 8 (19.51%) Wireless
8 5 (12.20%) TCP/IP
8 5 (12.20%) VoIP
8 5 (12.20%) WebEx
8 5 (12.20%) WLAN
9 4 (9.76%) Broadband
9 4 (9.76%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (9.76%) VLAN
9 4 (9.76%) VPLS
9 4 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) GitLab
General
1 10 (24.39%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
2 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Finance
4 2 (4.88%) Law
4 2 (4.88%) Social Housing
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) IT Engineer
1 16 (39.02%) Network Engineer
2 14 (34.15%) IT Support
2 14 (34.15%) IT Support Engineer
2 14 (34.15%) Support Engineer
3 12 (29.27%) Senior
4 10 (24.39%) 1st Line Engineer
4 10 (24.39%) 1st Line Support
4 10 (24.39%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 10 (24.39%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Network Operations Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Designer
6 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Network Designer
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 2 (4.88%) Security Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.44%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) PKI
2 2 (4.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) Windows 10
2 10 (24.39%) Windows 7
2 10 (24.39%) Windows 8
2 10 (24.39%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (34.15%) ITIL
2 14 (34.15%) Proactive Maintenance
3 10 (24.39%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 10 (24.39%) Service Management
4 8 (19.51%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (14.63%) Cloud Security
5 6 (14.63%) Network Design
5 6 (14.63%) SIEM
6 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
7 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (9.76%) Migration
7 4 (9.76%) Observability
7 4 (9.76%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (9.76%) Process Improvement
7 4 (9.76%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (9.76%) Service Delivery
7 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (9.76%) Thought Leadership
7 4 (9.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Bicep
3 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (21.95%) CCNA
3 6 (14.63%) CCNP
3 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
4 5 (12.20%) Degree
5 4 (9.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
6 2 (4.88%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
6 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (41.46%) Active Directory
2 16 (39.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (24.39%) Hyper-V
3 10 (24.39%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (9.76%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (9.76%) VMware NSX
4 4 (9.76%) vSphere
5 3 (7.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (7.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.44%) Docker
6 1 (2.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (24.39%) Autotask
1 10 (24.39%) SCCM
2 6 (14.63%) FortiGate
3 4 (9.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (9.76%) Ansible
3 4 (9.76%) WSUS
4 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (48.78%) Cisco
2 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
3 17 (41.46%) VMware
4 13 (31.71%) Fortinet
5 10 (24.39%) ESET
5 10 (24.39%) Google
6 4 (9.76%) Aruba
6 4 (9.76%) Juniper
6 4 (9.76%) Splunk
7 2 (4.88%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.88%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (4.88%) Huawei
7 2 (4.88%) Meraki
7 2 (4.88%) Netskope
7 2 (4.88%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.44%) Ekahau
8 1 (2.44%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (2.44%) Polycom
8 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds